Improving Nutrition through Multisectoral Approaches

Nutrition sensitive agriculture aims to maximize the impact of nutrition outcomes for the poor, while minimizing the unintended negative nutritional consequences of agricultural interventions and policies on the poor, especially women and young children. It is agriculture with a nutrition lens, and should not detract from the sector's own goals. The agriculture sector is best placed to influence food production and the consumption of nutritious foods necessary for healthy and active lives. Agricultural productivity, focused primarily on staple grains, does not necessarily reduce under nutrition. Policies that strongly favor staple grains over other crops or foods may skew the balance from nutritious foods.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2013-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURE, ANEMIA, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, CASH CROPS, CASSAVA, CEREALS, CHILD HEALTH, CONSUMER DEMAND, CONVENTIONAL BREEDING, DAIRY, DIET, DIETARY DIVERSITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, FEEDING, FOOD ACCESS, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD FORTIFICATION, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLY, FOOD TECHNOLOGY, FOODS, GRAINS, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, HUNGER, INCOME POVERTY, IRON, IRON DEFICIENCY, IRRIGATION, MAIZE, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MICRONUTRIENTS, MILK, MINERAL, NUTRIENT, NUTRIENT CONTENT, NUTRITION, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, NUTRITIONAL CONSEQUENCES, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY, NUTRITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OBESITY, OVERNUTRITION, PACKAGING, POOR, POTATO, PULSES, RICE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RURAL, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, SAFEGUARD ANALYSIS, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL MEALS, SNACKS, SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES, SWEET POTATO, UNDERNUTRITION, VEGETABLE OILS, VITAMIN, VITAMIN A, WFP, WHEAT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17211208/improving-nutrition-through-multisectoral-approaches https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16953
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